*PATREON PREVIEW* Emotional Baggage

Summary

Throwing Fits – PATREON PREVIEW Emotional Baggage

Release Date: June 17, 2026
Hosts: James & Larry (Throwing Fits)
Special Mentioned Guest: Hassan Piker (from previous episode)
Episode Theme:
A lighthearted, candid “boys only” aftershow where James and Larry break down their personal style choices, riff on the cultural associations of different outfits, and poke fun at themselves and each other. The overarching tone is irreverent and self-deprecating, with side tangents into fashion neuroses, locker room banter, and podcasting process.

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Main Theme & Purpose

Following up their “wonderful podcast” with Hassan Piker, the hosts dive into their own fashion habits and insecurities, bantering about the meanings embedded in everyday style choices and poking fun at themselves as self-conscious (if not neurotic) dressers. The episode is marked by playful teasing, inside jokes, and commentary that mixes genuine self-reflection with absurd humor.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Post-Guest Vibe and Hassan Piker’s Shoutout

• The boys reflect on their recent pod with Hassan Piker, marveling at his presence.
  • “Yeah. What a guy. What a hero.” (00:38, James)
  • “Dude, salute. Salute. It's crazy that he did 911.” (00:41, Hassan—playing with conspiratorial meme humor)
• Quick transition into their trademark “fit check” ritual, setting a casual, personal tone.

2. The Fit Check – Costume or Compliment?

• James shares how his wife, Jenna, evaluated his outfit as a “costume,” specifically likening him to a “middle school skateboarder.”
  • “She goes, I like your costume … you're clearly a middle school skateboarder. And I was like, fuck. She, she fucking got me.” (00:48, James)
  • The hosts dissect why his fit gives off this energy: striped shirt, Vans Authentics, vintage Abercrombie & Fitch cargos.
• The discussion veers into how pristine Vans look “worse” than worn ones.
  • “Nothing worse than a pair of pristine vans.” (02:02, Hassan)
• Self-awareness: James admits he has too many pairs for any to get “cooked,” so they all look “poser”-adjacent.

3. Stripes, Power Dynamics, and Absurd Sociocultural Reads

• The duo riffs on the meaning of striped shirts, drawing wild, tongue-in-cheek associations between clothing and social signifiers.
  • “I always look like a middle aged … pedop—pedophile victim. When I wear horizontal stripe.” (03:31, Hassan)
  • “A horizontal stripe is, you are a potential pedophile victim. And if you wear a striped shirt, you're the pedophile. The vertical stripe … duality of stripes. I think we just cracked the code.” (03:42–04:01, James)
• They joke about long sleeve vs. short sleeve stripes, complete with mock-sociological analysis.
  • Determining short sleeve horizontals = suspect, long sleeve horizontals = cool.
  • “Long sleeve T shirt, oh, horizontal stripe. Long sleeve T shirt, you look cool. Short sleeve T shirt … I wish I could.” (04:20, Hassan)

4. Awkward Interruptions & Podcast Process

• Their recording is interrupted by an unexpected visitor, triggering unfounded paranoia and some classic New York deadpan:
  • “I would be a terrible political streamer. I'd get assassinated immediately.” (05:19, Hassan)
• James must step away briefly; Hassan nervously improvises ("Mind of Larry" segment), showing the vulnerability of solo podcasting.
  • “Seems to be an issue. I don't know what's going on. I'm actually kind of nervous, and now I'm just completely monologuing and it's bad podcasting. But you guys are listening to the Mind of Larry.” (04:36–05:11, Hassan)
• Upon James’ return, Hassan marvels at the difficulty of solo streaming, contrasting with the Twitch/YouTube meta of content creation.

5. Ongoing Fit Check—Details & Brands

• James: Vans Authentics, Manresa socks, vintage Abercrombie cargos, Armani/Our Legacy t-shirt, Thistle sunglasses, Tom Brady (Brady Brand) underwear
• Hassan: CP Company x Asics sneakers (“they literally got dusty in France”), various stylings
• Casual product talk weaves through their banter, mocking consumer culture and influencer norms:
  • “Do you like intentionally try to like get them [Vans] … These are pristine, dog.” (02:07, Hassan)
  • Amirite jokes riff on “the shoes of a non-poser.”

6. Nutitional Supplement Memes & Parental Disdain

• James brings up Tom Brady’s “good nut drink,” launching a riff:
  • “You ain't never pod up in the good nuts.” (06:38, Hassan)
• They joke about memes involving parental catchphrases:
  • “I hate when parents say, 'been there, done that.' You ain't never pod up in the good nuts.” (06:38, Hassan)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Middle School Energy:
  • “You gotta yo me middle school skateboard. Do a kick flip you.” (01:34, Hassan; joking in a skater kid voice)
  • “Dudes will drink white monsters until they become one. That's—shout out Alex.” (01:49, James)
• On Fashion and Trauma:
  • “A horizontal stripe is, you are a potential pedophile victim. And if you wear a striped shirt, you're the pedophile.” (03:42, James)
  • “…the duality of stripes. I think we just cracked the code.” (04:00, James)
• On Podcast Vulnerability:
  • "I'm actually kind of nervous, and now I'm just completely monologuing and it's bad podcasting. But you guys are listening to the Mind of Larry." (04:36–05:11, Hassan)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 00:30–01:45: Fit check intro and “middle school skateboarder” convo
• 01:45–03:08: On pristine vs. scuffed Vans, sneaker culture authenticity
• 03:08–04:20: The “duality of stripes”; horizontal vs. vertical; joke-y trauma analysis
• 04:20–05:19: Interruption, solo podcasting jitters, “Mind of Larry”
• 05:19–06:13: Political humor, continued fit check, and Tom Brady-branded drink memes
• 06:38–07:20: Nut jokes and memeification of parental expressions
• 07:26–07:36: CP Company x Asics sneaker segment, colorways, Parisian sneakerhead shoutout

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Tone & Style

The conversation is freewheeling, dryer than dry, and littered with self-aware asides. The hosts oscillate between intimate vulnerability (self-conscious about fashion and podcasting) and performance (mocking their own aesthetic angst in exaggerated terms). The style is unmistakably “dirtbag fashion podcast for smart idiots.”

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Summary Takeaway

For listeners, this episode offers a mashup of fashion nerd-out, self-deprecation, and meta-podcast jokes. The playful analysis of streetwear semiotics (down to the orientation of a stripe), the nervous energy of solo podcasting, and tangents into meme territory are all quintessential Throwing Fits. Newcomers will get a sense of the hosts’ personalities and dynamic, while long-time fans can enjoy the running inside jokes about being washed, performing style, and the way viral culture repackages even the most niche fashion anxiety.

Transcript

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[Hassan Piker]

Welcome to another midweek boys only around and getting silly after a wonderful podcast with our political homie Piker.

[James]

Yeah. What a guy. What a hero. What a hero.

[Hassan Piker]

Dude, salute. Salute. It's crazy that he did 911. Before we get into that.

[James]

Yeah.

[Hassan Piker]

Let's get into a little fit. Check Larry.

[James]

When I was leaving the house today, Jenna goes, I like your costume. I'm like, I said costume. She's like, yeah, you're like doing a theme. She's like, I love themes. You know, I love. I do that myself. And I was like, okay, what's my theme? She goes, you're clearly a middle school skateboarder. And I was like, fuck. She, she fucking got me.

[Hassan Piker]

So very nice. I.

[James]

She literally was not. I know. I. When I usually relay these stories, it's of my wife shitting on me. She was legit get paying me a compliment being like, you look cute.

[Hassan Piker]

Oh.

[James]

But I was like kind of offended. I can't win. I can't win. The shoes, I mean, of a middle school skateboard.

[Hassan Piker]

I see where she's coming from.

[James]

Well, it's the striped. It's. I'm wearing Vans Authentics and a stripy. Our legacy Emporio Armani.

[Hassan Piker]

No, it's the cargo pants in the

[James]

van and, and I'm wearing.

[Hassan Piker]

And the striped shirt and it's, it's the whole fit.

[Ad Host]

She's right.

[Hassan Piker]

You gotta yo me middle school skateboard. Do a kick flip you.

[James]

Mom.

[Hassan Piker]

It's not a phase. Mom, where are you?

[James]

Give me a monster. Give me a monster energy.

[Hassan Piker]

The gas station because I'm a white monster.

[James]

Dudes will drink white monsters until they become one. That's shout out Alex. Okay. The shoes are Vans Authentics. The socks are man Risa. The big baggy vintage cargoes are Abercrombie and Fitch.

[Hassan Piker]

Because I am like, when you get pristine van, that's worse than a pair of pristine vans.

[James]

These are pristine. I don't.

[Hassan Piker]

But I have, I'm literally about to kind of just prove my point. Nothing worse than a pair of pristine vans. Do you like intentionally try to like get them?

[James]

Oh no, these are.

[Hassan Piker]

These are pristine, dog. These are pristine. Look, I got a little scuffy.

[James]

Speaking the lady dot protest too much. God damn, dude. Yeah, that's actually. I don't wear. And obviously Chef famously saute and flambes his authentics.

[Hassan Piker]

I think the last time I had a pair of pristine vans I wore them to a concert.

[James]

Oh.

[Hassan Piker]

Knowing that they get like up.

[James]

Yeah. Vans specifically authentics are. Or slip ons actually. Whatever. Are just always going to be better when they're cooked. I have. Because I'm not a uniform guy when it comes to anything, let alone footwear. And I have so many pairs that I like to wear. These just will never see enough action to get to a point where they like look like the shoes of a non poser. Even if they're a little scuffed.

[Hassan Piker]

But I had to put that in there.

[James]

Yeah.

[Hassan Piker]

Chuck, zoom in on the scuffs real quick. There's no.

[James]

There's. It's like one little.

[Hassan Piker]

It's like a crease. Yeah, it's a shadow.

[James]

The vintage carcasser Abercrombie and Fitch. The T I said is import Armani. Our legacy workshop collab.

[Hassan Piker]

It is a good tea.

[Ad Host]

Do you do.

[Hassan Piker]

Do I need.

[James]

I think there was another stripey because you like a little stripey. A little ringer.

[Hassan Piker]

I don't really like striped shirts because I want to like stripe shirts. I want to have striped shirt. I always look like a middle aged.

[James]

Yeah, well, pedop.

[Hassan Piker]

Pedophile victim. Pedophilia victim.

[James]

Yeah.

[Hassan Piker]

When I wear horizontal stripe.

[James]

Right.

[Hassan Piker]

Long sleeve. Sorry. Short sleeve.

[James]

Yeah, yeah. And specifically horizontal. It's almost like weird. It's like a horizontal stripe is. You are a potential pedophile. VICT victim. And if you wear a striped shirt, you're the pedophile. The vertical stripe. That is interesting. The duality of stripes. I think we just cracked the coat.

[Hassan Piker]

Is that.

[James]

But for some reason I think it's a delivery guy.

[Hassan Piker]

For some reason. Long sleeve stripes. You don't look like a pedophile victim.

[James]

Long sleeve stripe.

[Hassan Piker]

Just short sleeve.

[James]

Oh, right. Well, short sleeve button up. You're already what, like nerd? Pedophile. You know all. All the terrible bad things you could be.

[Hassan Piker]

No, no. Long sleeve T shirt. Oh, horizontal stripe. Long sleeve T shirt. You look cool. Short sleeve T shirt. I wanna. I wish I could.

[James]

I'm trying to picture a. I know what a long sleeve Horizontal stripe shirt would look like, but, like, imagine the shirt with sleeves.

[Hassan Piker]

With sleeves. What the.

[James]

All right, sorry, I can hold. I'll hold it down. I don't know. Someone is trying to. Someone's trying to come to kill Hassan. Piker. But it's just us here. They missed their opportunity. Okay. James is having a discussion with somebody at the door. Seem. Seems to be an issue. I don't know what's going on. I'm actually kind of nervous, and now I'm just completely monologuing and it's bad podcasting. But you guys are listening to the Mind of Larry. Can you explain to me what the hell is going on?

[Ad Host]

That is.

[Hassan Piker]

I don't know.

[James]

Okay.

[Hassan Piker]

What's going on?

[James]

Yeah, just swing by. Come see us. Yeah, come see us.

[Hassan Piker]

Yeah.

[James]

Damn.

[Hassan Piker]

I would be a terrible political streamer. I'd get assassinated immediately.

[James]

Dude, no drone necessary. Okay, Benjamin Netanyahu, if you're listening, the hat is.

[Hassan Piker]

I was lowkey like, yo, is there going to be a. Like. Like, when I look through the people, like a silencer on the other side,

[James]

the last thing you see n you. There's no sound, bro. Silencer. The hat is bootleg. A press, a curt.

[Hassan Piker]

What are you talking about?

[James]

We just did a little mind of Larry. You know, I was just narrating what was going on. I was like, actually, I'm, like, legitimately confused. I didn't actually have anything worthwhile to say at all. Dude, how do people do solo streams? Or I guess you react to the news.

[Hassan Piker]

Well, you have topics. Yeah. You have chat.

[James]

The chat. Right, right. Yo, yo, chat.

[Hassan Piker]

What's going on? Read your text real quick. Live. Read your texts.

[James]

Yeah. Okay. The underwear are Brady brand.

[Hassan Piker]

This.

[James]

The sunglasses are. Yo, you see Brady's good nut drink? Yeah, that's. You know. You know what my initial thought was? I was like, this could actually work because we were. I think we just joked the other day about, like, you know, strokers. It hasn't affected any type of, like, you know, biz dev or whatever. And I'm like, yeah, it's like a thing that gets people talking, and it's like. And I guess that just works these days.

[Hassan Piker]

Yeah, it's like, I know what my parents say. I know. I hate when parents say, been there, done that. You ain't never pod up in the good nuts.

[James]

I think we might need to do. We need to take a break. Are you. You're all good out there?

[Hassan Piker]

Probably not.

[James]

We will not be here. We will not be here in half hour. Yeah, sorry, dude.

[Hassan Piker]

Call Tom though

[James]

a mailbox. Okay.

[Hassan Piker]

No.

[James]

No worries bro. Enjoy your weekend. Go.

[Hassan Piker]

Nick's I hate when parents say been there yet? He was not in the. He was not ping up good nut

[James]

in the Brady in the Brady brand box.

[Hassan Piker]

You're not ping up with good nut and chrome. Damn we should make that meme.

[James]

Yeah, I think people have done that.

[Hassan Piker]

Okay.

[James]

And yeah, I think I said my sungais are thistles.

[Hassan Piker]

James the shoes are CP Company A6. I love these.

[James]

They're really good.

[Hassan Piker]

Yeah.

[James]

What was the other? Was the other.

[Hassan Piker]

I think I have.

[James]

I have the other colorway. I think it's like gray.

[Ad Host 2]

Yeah.

[James]

Yeah. Not as fun.

[Hassan Piker]

No, that's not true. I like. I really like this blue but they're kind of dusty cuz I wore them a lot in France. They literally got like. They literally got dusty. But I saw a lot of people in Paris in like the CP company Asics like sphere wearing the grays and actually fucked with them. Yeah, they're good.

[James]

Nice.

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